Steps in Internet Publishing

EXPLORATION

• Join the Internet community.
• Identify your competition.

PRODUCT PLANNING

• Define your goals.
• Identify your audience.
• Identify your data.

ANALYSIS

• Identify your needs (hardware, network connection, software, and staff).
• Identify the resources available.
• Determine how to make up the difference in resource needs and availability.
• Identify charging mechanisms, if any.
• Identify the security risks.
• Estimate your costs.

MECHANICS

• Plan your presentation.
• Prepare your data.
• Index your data and server.

IMPLEMENTATION

• Register or publicize your server with appropriate indexes or online catalogs.
• Maintain reliability of server, links, and data.
• Evaluate your server's performance and your audience's response.
• Use what you've learned.

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